Behind The
Beautiful Forevers Quote, Paraphrase, and Questions for chptrs 5 & 6
Name: ____________________________ Period____
Read and annotate chapter 6 during class and
then using your question stems handout from last week, complete this sheet
(except for the response from classmate). Place this in
the cardboard box at the end of class. No homework. We will use these in
class tomorrow.
Chapter 5
Direct Quote w pg #:
Paraphrase:
Question:
Response from classmate (w/ embedded quotes):
Chapter 6
Direct Quote # 1 w pg #:
Paraphrase:
Question:
Response from classmate (w/ embedded quotes)
Chapter Direct
Quote #2 w pg #:
Paraphrase:
Question:
Response from classmate (w/ embedded quotes)
Homework: Make sure that you have finished chapter 6 and the paraphrase and question sheet to be used in tomorrow's discussion.
Behind
The Beautiful Forevers discussion
questions
Instructions:
Paraphrase a particularly challenging or compelling part of the text and then
write a question using modified stems from Question Stems handout… examples below
are from The Scarlet Letter by
Nathaniel Hawthorne
Questioning
Before
you can even get to a critical question, particularly with a
challenging text, paraphrase a complex
sentence/idea.
Find a challenging 1-3 sentence passage in your
reading. Record the passage exactly. Then, summarize it.
Example…
The
following passage is on page 33 of The Scarlet Letter
Hawthorne:
The founders of a new colony, whatever Utopia of human virtue and happiness
they might originally project, have invariably recognized it among their
earliest practical necessities to allot a portion of the virgin soil as a
cemetery, and another portion as the site of a prison.”
Summarize
the key points expressed above: The founders of new
societies have always recognized that the practical demands of human civilization
necessitate a plan to deal with death and criminals. Because no matter what
their hopes and ideals might have been, the fact remains, human beings are mortal
and flawed.
Going back to Hawthorne’s original wording, what key
words within Hawthorne’s phrasing beg bigger questions, or seem to tease out
bigger themes and questions about those themes?
For example, see the questions below, created with the
use of question stems. It takes patience and practice and good thinking to come
up with good questions.
There are weak questions.
Here’s one:
· What are the strengths and weaknesses of Hawthorne’s description?
There are strong questions. For example:
· What are the strengths and weaknesses of Hawthorne’s depiction of the founders of Utopian societies; is he dismissive of their utopian ideals or does he provide a useful reality check?
· Given Hawthorne’s claim, what seems to be his attitude about utopian thinkers and the founders who aimed to create Utopian societies?
· What case can be made that “invariably” may be the most important word in the sentence?
